Rail-fastening device.



G. H. MORGAN, JR. & J. SALViTTl.

RAIL FASTENING DEVlCE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27. 1914.

PatentedAug. 3, 1915.

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RAIL-FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

Application filed January 27, 1914. Serial No. 814,724.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE HENRY Mon- GAN, J12, and JOSEPH SALvn'rI, citizens of the United States, residing at Ellsworth, 1n the county of l/Vashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway rail fastening device.

It is the primary object ofthe present 1nan improved vention to provide means for fastening railway rails to metal cross-ties; to afford means whereby the danger of rails spreading w1ll be substantially eliminated; to afford means whereby the rails maybe removed and re placed in a minimum of time and with ab solute precision; and affording means whereby the expansion and the contraction of the rails will not be retarded in any particular.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification andthen more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and form a part of this application. I

In describing our invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a railway rail fastening device constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the device as illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged end view; Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4-fl of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the rail fastening members.

Before proceeding with the description of the drawings, we desire to call particular attention to the fact that while we have evolved our invention with particular ref erence to its application in connection with metal cross-ties, the same may be readily utilized as a rail fastening device in connection with composition, wood or other ties of varying construction.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates as an entirety, a substantially rectangular 'used. Projecting or hollow metallic tie, preferably of an inverted U-shape, whereby the material used is reduced to the minimum. The rails 2 extend transversely of the tie 1, resting thereupon in the usual manner.

A pair of stationary fastening members 3 are riveted, bolted or otherwise permanently fastened to the tie 1 as indicated at 4, one of the said stationary rail fastening devices being provided for rails of the railway track, ing thus properly gaged previous'to the laying of eliminating the necessity gaging of the railway rails.

A flange 5 is formed integrally with each rail fastening member 3, said flanges being disposed to overlap the inner or adjacent flanges of the base of the rails 2, the said rails being forced beneath the said flanges until firmly engaged thereby, thus insuring proper positioning of the the said rails beor spaced apart the ties,thereby of subsequent rails.

Disposed to overlap the remote or outer edges of the rail base is an integrallyformed flange 6, of an adjustable rail fastening member 7, one of the saidmembers 7 being provided for each rail. The said members 7 are substantially rectangular in form or, by necessity, shaped to embrace the crosstiesl in connection with which they are extending inwardly from each member 7 is a horizontally-flat base plate 8, the inner extremities of the respective plates of the said adjustable members being disposed in close proximity as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, to effect, what might be termed, a combination brace, as the said plate members, being integral with the fastening members 7 support and brace the tie 1 throughout the greater portion of its length as well as sup port and brace said members 7 against movement independent of the tie. After being forced into engagement with the remote base flanges of the railway rails 2, the adjustable fastening members 7 are locked against longitudinal movement upon the cross ties 1 through the medium of a fastening element 9 in the nature of a cotter-pin disposed to extend transversely of the said cross tie to provide an abutment for the said members 7.

From the above, taken in connection ,with the accompanying drawings it is apparent that the labor attendant upon the fastenthe respective ing and unfastening of the railway rails upon the cross ties is reduced to the minimum. In assembling the device, the rails 2 are first forced beneath the stationary fastening members 3, said rails being thus properly positioned or gaged. The rail fastening members 7 are then slipped over the respective extremities of the tie 1 until the flanges 6 thereof overlap the opposite flange of the rail base from that engaged by the flange 5 of the stationary member 3. When positioned as above, it is apparent that by inserting the fastening element 9' in the openings provided therefor, longitudinal movement of the adjustable or movable rail fastening members 7 is prevented, while lat- Copies of this patent may be obtained for eral or vertical movement of the members is rendered impossible by reason of the peculiar formationthereof. It. is to be understood that the shape of the adjustable rail fastening members ,7 must necessarily be varied to correspond with the shape in cross section, of the cross-ties 1 in connectlon with which they are used.

In reduction to practice, We have found that the form of our invention, illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most efficient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of our device will necessarily vary, we desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction.

proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of our invention,

as defined in the appended claims. Having thus fully described our inven 'a base plate tion, What we claim as new and desire to secure bv Letters Patent, is 2-- l. A rail fasteningmeans consisting of adapted to be arranged beneath the cross-tie, a sleeve like enlargement formed at one end of the base plate, the cross-tie extending therethrough, and means integral with the said enlargement and engageable with the railway rail, to serve as a retaining means therefor.

2. A device for fastening railway rails to cross-ties including a stationary member adapted for engagement with one of the base flanges of the rail, an adjustable rail fastening member, a plate-jlike extension integral with the said adjustable member, said extension being disposed for engagement with the under face of'the tie,-said fastening member being shaped to conform with the shape of the tie in cross section and to embrace the said tie to prevent lateral and vertical movement of said member independent thereof, a flange integral with said member, said flange being adapted for engagement with the opposite rail base flange from that engaged by said stationary member, and means extending transversely of the tie to provide an abutment for said adjustable member to lock said member against longitudinal movement upon said tie, as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses. GEORGE HENRY MORGAN, Jr. JOSEPH SALVITTI. Witnesses a A. J. BOLAND, WM. H. BURNS.

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